President Obama talked briefly about Venezuela in an interview, giving a statement that’s pretty bland:

“We’re always concerned about Iran engaging in destabilizing activity around the globe,” Obama told a Spanish language television station based in Miami. “But overall, my sense is that what Mr. Chavez has done over the last several years has not had a serious national security impact on us.

“We have to vigilant,” Obama said in the interview broadcast Tuesday. “My main concern when it comes to Venezuela is having the Venezuelan people have a voice in their affairs and that you end up ultimately having fair and free elections, which we don’t always see.”

Set aside for now the fact that Venezuelan elections have been free and fair, but that the opposition mostly loses. Obama’s idea is that you pay attention but don’t over-react. This made Marco Rubio mad, because he’s firmly in the over-react camp.